PALIMPSEST — Asynchronous Memory Instrument

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load a sound or capture a memory

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TAPE I

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TAPE II

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TAPE III

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TAPE IV

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drift28

Slow, random tape-speed variation.

age18

Darkens and wears away high frequencies.

memory32

Filtered echoes keep past sound resurfacing.

chance82

Probability that each tape remains audible.

spread64

Depth of each tape’s slow stereo movement.